Hand protecting attachment foe umbrellas and canes



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- E. ROSS. HAND PROTECTING ATTACHMENT FOR UMBRELLAS AND GAMES.

Patented Mar. '25, 1884.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' EUGENIA ROSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAND-PROTECTING ATTACHMENT FOR UMBRELLAS AND CAN ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,586, dated March25, 1884.

Application filed June 9, 1883.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, EUGENIA Ross, of New Yorkcity, in the county of New York and State 7 and moisture.

The invention consists in a pocket or pouch, of any suitable material,adapted to be secured to an umbrella-stick or cane and form anopenbottomed bag or pocket entirely surrounding the handle and adaptedto cover the hand in which the latter is held, as I will nowproceed todescribe.

The accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification,represents a perspective view of an attachment embodying my inventionapplied to an umbrellastick;

In the drawing, arepresents the stick or rod of an umbrella, and 1)represents myimproved attachment, which is a bag or pouch of anysuitable material-preferably' water -proofsuch as gossamer rubber cloth.I provide one end of said bag with a device for securing it to the sticka. In the present instance said device is shown as a strip or band, 6,or metal, having ears ff, which are clamped together by a screw, 9,thereby confining the band in the form of a ring in contact with thestick a. The construction of this device may be variously modified,however, without departing from the spirit of my invention. It may be aband of elastic fabric or rubber, with a suitable clasp for uniting itsends; or it may be an endless ring of rubber, adapted to hold itself onthe stick by its own elasticity. The bag is; attached to the securingdevicein any desired I manner, preferably by stitches passed throughholes provided in the band, if the latter be of metal, and when in usedepends from the securing device around the handle, as shown. The lowerend of the bag is open, to permit the insertion of the hand, and mayhave an elastic gathering-cord, 6, near its edge, to confine it closelyaround the wrist.

When the attachment is not in use, it may (No model.)

be reversed or turned upwardly on the stick a, so that it will not coverthe handle, and will be covered by the ribs and cover of the umbrella,the cord 1' holding the bag in this position by the contraction againstthe stick of the umbrella.

When the umbrella is raised, the bag may i be drawn down over the hand,as shown, thus effectually protecting the hand against cold or moisture.1

I do not limit myself to the form of the attachment represented in thedrawings, nor to any particular material. If desired, seal-skin or otherfur-skin may be employed as a mate rial, in which case it may be founddesirable to make the bag larger at the center than at the ends andprovide it with a lining having an elastic gathering-cord like that ofan ordinary muff.

The bag or pouch may, if desired, be lined with flannel or other fleecymaterial.

I am aware that a rubber cup has been detachably secured to the tip ofan umbrellastick for the purpose of catching the drip, and I do notclaim such a device, my invention being confined to a bag or muffadapted to be secured to the handle of an umbrella or cane, andtoreceive and cover the hand that holds the same.

I claim- 1. The combination, with an umbrella-stick or cane, of a handprotecting attachment composed of a bag or pouch secured to the handleportion of the stick or cane, and adapted to receive and cover the handthat holds the stick, as set forth.

2. The combination, with an umbrellastick or cane, of a bag or pouchsecured near the .tially as described, which confines one end of thepouch to the stick, the end of the pouch not so secured having agathering device whereby it may be drawn about the wrist and serve as aprotection for the hand, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to'this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 4th day of June, 1883.

EUGENIA ROSS.

Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN, A. L. WHITE.

